Download or read book Beyond the Homeland written by Claudia Sagona and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the flurry of research on aspects of Phoenician culture, encompassing their socio-economic developments and the mechanics of their settlement of Mediterranean coastal lands, the fundamental issue of dating Phoenician achievements remains quite fluid. A range of criteria - textual sources, artefact analysis, stratigraphic data, and, increasingly, radiocarbon readings - provide a bewildering and sometimes conflicting picture of Phoenician chronology, which, in many respects, remains tenuous and free-floating. Owing to the nature of Phoenician colonisation, its chronology is often compartmentalised into discrete regional units. This volume brings together a number of essays focusing squarely on the chronology of the Phoenician-Punic world, ranging from the homeland to the western settlements. The essays are written by specialists in their field, who have encapsulated the chronological framework, and the problems therein, for regions touched by Phoenicians interests. A benchmark study, Beyond the Homeland will be of value not only to Phoenician-Punic scholars, but also to those in related fields who need an accessible study (in English) to navigate the chronological complexities of the field.

Download or read book Cultural Tourism written by bob Mckercher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine cultural tourism issues from both sides of the industry! Unique in concept and content, Cultural Tourism: The Partnership Between Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management examines the relationship between the sectors that represent opposite sides of the cultural tourism coin. While tourism professionals assess cultural assets for their profit potential, cultural heritage professionals judge the same assets for their intrinsic value. Sustainable cultural tourism can only occur when the two sides form a true partnership based on understanding and appreciation of each other's merits. The authors--one, a tourism specialist, the other, a cultural heritage management expert--present a model for a working partnership with mutual benefits, integrating management theory and practice from both disciplines. Cultural Tourism is the first book to combine the different perspectives of tourism management and cultural heritage management. It examines the role of tangible (physical evidence of culture) and intangible (continuing cultural practices, knowledge, and living experiences) heritage, describes the differences between cultural tourism products and cultural heritage assets, and develops a number of conceptual models, including a classification system for cultural tourists, indicators of tourism potential at cultural and heritage assets, and assessment criteria for cultural and heritage assets with tourism potential. Cultural Tourism examines the five main constituent elements involved in cultural tourism: cultural and heritage assets in tourism sites such as the Royal Palace in Bangkok, the Cook Islands, and Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco. tourism--what it is, how it works, and what makes it a success five different types of cultural tourists consumption of products, value adding, and commodification integrating the first four elements to satisfy the tourist, meet the needs of the tourism industry, and conserve the intrinsic value of the asset Though tourism and cultural heritage management professionals have mutual interests in the management, conservation, and presentation of cultural and heritage assets, the two sectors operate on parallel planes, maintaining an uneasy partnership with surprisingly little dialogue. Cultural Tourism provides professionals and students in each field with a better understanding of their own roles in the partnership, bridging the gap via sound planning, management, and marketing to produce top-quality, long-lasting cultural tourism products. Now translated into simplified Chinese.

Download or read book Procesos de gesti n de calidad en hosteler a y turismo written by CARRASCO FERNÁNDEZ, SOLEDAD and published by Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La calidad en la prestación de servicios cobra cada día mayor importancia como valor diferencial. El nivel de exigencia del consumidor es cada vez más elevado y el sector de la hostelería y el turismo es uno de los mejores y mayores exponentes de esa excelencia a la que debemos aspirar profesionales y consumidores.;En esta obra se abordan con sencillez y claridad aspectos fundamentales relacionados con los procesos de gestión de calidad en este sector productivo. La cultura de la calidad en las empresas y entidades de hostelería y turismo, la necesidad de aseguramiento de la misma, los costes de medición y mejora, la productividad, herramientas y sistemas de calidad, el modelo EFQM, aspectos legales y normativos, y el plan de turismo español horizonte 2020 son algunas de las cuestiones estudiadas.;Sin olvidar todo lo relativo a la gestión de la calidad en la organización hostelera y turística, con especial referencia a la organización de la calidad, coordinación, evaluación, enfoque de sistemas y compromiso de la dirección así como todo lo relacionado con la gestión por procesos, dedicando especial atención a todo lo que son los procesos de control de calidad de los servicios y productos de hostelería y turismo: supervisión y medida del proceso y producto/servicio, gestión de los datos y evaluación de los resultados.;Cada unidad didáctica se completa con una propuesta de ejercicios y sus correspondientes soluciones, lo cual facilita el aprendizaje y la comprensión práctica de los conceptos expuestos.;La obra responde además exactamente al contenido curricular que los RD 1376/2008 de 1 de agosto y 685/2011 de 13 de mayo definen para la unidad formativa UF 0049 "Procesos de gestión de calidad en hostelería y turismo" que es transversal y por lo tanto forma parte de diversos certificados de profesionalidad de la familia de hostelería y turismo.;Una obra imprescindible para conocer las claves de los procesos de calidad en el sector hostelero y turístico, esencial para cuantos desempeñan su labor profesional en este ámbito así como para quienes desean formarse y adquirir competencias válidas para desempeñar su actividad laboral en este sector en auge continuo.;María Soledad Carrasco es profesora de FP desde 1985 y licenciada en Derecho por la UNED. Funcionaria de carrera en la familia profesional de Administración y gestión, ha desarrollado su labor profesional en institutos de enseñanza pública de Extremadura, Baleares y Madrid. Actualmente imparte clases en el IES Luis Buñuel de Móstoles. Tutora en centros de trabajo.

Download or read book Accessible Tourism written by Dimitrios Buhalis and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusion, disability, an ageing population and tourism are increasingly important areas of study due to their implications for both tourism demand and supply. This book therefore sets out to explore and document the current theoretical approaches, foundations and issues in the study of accessible tourism. In drawing together the contributions to this volume the editors have applied broader social constructionist approaches to understanding the accessible tourism phenomena. Accessible tourism, as with any area of academic study is an evolving field of academic research and industry practice. As with other areas of tourism, the field is multidisciplinary, and is influenced by various disciplines including geography, disability studies, economics, public policy, psychology and marketing. "As one would expect from two scholars at the height of their academic abilities, Dimitrios Buhalis and Simon Darcy have delivered a timely and much needed contribution to the under-served area of accessible tourism. Harnessing the best conceptual developments on the topic, Accessible Tourism is a scholarly yet hugely readable collection and readily communicates the various contributors' passion for and command of their subject. This collection is a must have text for anyone engaged in the theory, practice and policy of accessible tourism and will be essential reading on undergraduate and postgraduate courses across a range of disciplines and fields. I cannot speak highly enough of this endeavour and I'm sure it will take accessible tourism and universal design debates into the mainstream of academic enquiry and industry practice." Professor Nigel Morgan, The Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Wales

Download or read book Engaging People in Sustainability written by Daniella Tilbury and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].

Download or read book Image in Stone written by Aïcha Ben Abed Ben Khader and published by Ars Latina. This book was released on 2003 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Procesos de gesti n de calidad en hosteler a y turismo written by MARTÍNEZ SALVADOR, SANDRA and published by Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A.. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro desarrolla los contenidos de la Unidad Formativa (UF0049) "Procesos de gestión de calidad en hostelería y turismo," la cual está asociada a las UC0265_3 y UC0268_3 de los módulos: MF0265_3 Gestión de departamento del área de alojamientos y MF0268_3 Gestión de unidades de información y distribución turísticas, asociadas a diferentes Certificados de Profesionalidad de Hostelería y Turismo sobre alojamientos y entidades de distribución e información turística. El presente manual capacita al alumnado, mediante contenidos teórico-prácticos, para las realizaciones profesionales que le permitirán organizar, ejecutar y controlar, bajo su responsabilidad, la política de calidad de la empresa o entidad turística. Para ello, conocerá el manejo de diferentes planes y marcas de calidad, así como las disposiciones legales en esta materia y la redacción de manuales y registros de calidad. La autora, Sandra Martínez Salvador, es graduada en Turismo y dispone de una dilatada carrera profesional en el ámbito de las entidades y empresas turísticas. Además, cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia en la formación para el empleo tanto en la familia profesional de Hostelería y Turismo como en las de Administración y Venta, y Comercio y Marketing. Asimismo, es autora de otros libros de formación profesional de Hostelería y Turismo de esta editorial.

Download or read book Cities of Tomorrow written by Peter Hall and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-02-18 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.

Download or read book Greek Identity in the Western Mediterranean written by Brian Benjamin Shefton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, in honour of Professor B.B. Shefton, provides an innovative exploration of the culture of the Greek colonies of the Western Mediterranean, their relations with their non-Greek neigbours, and the evolution of distinctive regional identities.

Download or read book Climate Change Policy written by Michael Bothe and published by Eleven International Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the research results of an interdisciplinary study on climate change policies by the Enforcing Environmental Policy (EEP) Network, a project supported by the Human Dimension Potential Programme. Contributions are from highly qualified economic and legal specialists based at research institutes across Europe. The book gives answers to several questions related to the implementation of the international rules on climate change, most notably the Kyoto Protocol. It analyses ways and means to facilitate and encourage compliance with the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol. It is addressed to policy-makers, academics, business-sector and stakeholders throughout and outside Europe. Due to its interdisciplinary approach, this work is a distinctive and unique product compared to the existing literature on the subject. The effective implementation of climate protection and clean air policy requires an understanding of the political, legal and economic structures and constraints facing policy makers - and this is exactly what this book offers.

Download or read book Managing Without Managers written by Ricardo Semler and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Training for the New Millennium written by Martha Tennent and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating at an international forum held at the University of Vic (Spain), the twelve essays collected here attest to important changes in translation practice and the assumptions which underpin them. Leading theorists respond to the state of Translation Studies today, particularly the epistemological dilemma between theories that are empirically oriented and those that are inspired by developments in Cultural Studies. But the volume is also practical. Experienced instructors survey existing pedagogies at translator/interpreter training programs and explore new techniques that address the technological and global challenges of the new millennium. Among the topics considered are: how to use translation technology in the classroom, how to construct a syllabus for a course in audiovisual translating or in translation theory, and how to develop guidelines for a program for community interpreters or conference interpreters. The contributors all assume that translation, whether written or oral, does not occupy a neutral space. It is a cross-cultural exchange that produces far-reaching social effects. Their essays significantly advance the theoretical and practical understanding of translation along these lines.

Download or read book Marketing Tourism written by Alan Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tourism Marketing and Management Handbook written by Stephen F. Witt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a detailed guide to marketing and management in tourism in the 1990s. This second edition features 100 contributions from international authorities on the subject; new chapters reflecting the issues of increasing importance in tourism; greater emphasis on management and internationally applicable topics; and major revisions of all existing chapters. The contents have been reorganized by subject area for convenience. Designed to provide a user-friendly reference, the topics covered include cost-benefit analysis, hotel marketing, international tourism trends, financial analysis and planning, quality management and pricing and promotional strategy. This edition shows the application of marketing and mangement techniques within the tourism industry, and is appropriate for use in tourism businesses of any size.

Download or read book Handbook on Tourism Product Development written by Peter MacNulty and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism products are the basis for a destination's tourism sector operation: This Handbookoutlines the essential elements in the process of tourism product development planning and implementation. It illustrates successful approaches and case studies and sets out best practice examples and benchmarks."

Download or read book Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation Interim Report 2018 written by Collectif and published by OECD. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interim report of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS is a follow-up to the work delivered in 2015 under Action 1 of the BEPS Project on addressing the tax challenges of the digital economy. It sets out the Inclusive Framework’s agreed direction of work on digitalisation and the international tax rules through to 2020. It describes how digitalisation is also affecting other areas of the tax system, providing tax authorities with new tools that are translating into improvements in taxpayer services, improving the efficiency of tax collection and detecting tax evasion.

Download or read book Procesos de gesti n de calidad en hosteler a y turismo HOTA0308 written by José Francisco del Pozo Aguilar and published by IC Editorial. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "HOTA0308 - RECEPCIÓN EN ALOJAMIENTOS". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.